Ropley railway station

Ropley
Engine 80104 approaching Ropley station on The Watercress Line
Location
Place Ropley
Area East Hampshire
Grid reference SU629324
Operations
Original company Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway Company
Pre-grouping London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms 2
History
2 October 1865 (1865-10-02) opened
5 February 1973 closed
30 April 1977 reopened
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Ropley railway station is a railway station in Ropley, Hampshire, England, which opened on 2 October 1865.

Preservation

Ropley railway station was reopened by the Mid Hants Railway (Watercress Line) on 30 April 1977.[1] It is an intermediate station on the preserved Watercress Line, which runs from Alton to New Alresford.

The main locomotive shed and workshops for the Mid Hants Railway are located just to the east of Ropley station.

The station gardens feature notable yew topiary, which has been in situ for over 100 years (an 1898 postcard shows the topiary well established).

A footbridge was added to the western end of the station in 1986. This was recovered from the closed station at North Tawton in Devon in August 1983, restored and installed by volunteers.

Route

Preceding station   Heritage railways Following station
Medstead and Four Marks   Watercress Line   Alresford (Hampshire)
Historical railways
Medstead and Four Marks   Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway Company   Alresford (Hampshire)

References

  1. ^ Chris Tolley (4 January 2001). "Basingstoke's Railway History in Maps". http://web.ukonline.co.uk/cj.tolley/cjt-brhm.htm. Retrieved 15 August 2009.